Description:
Waiting for ColumbusAuthor: Thomas Trofimuk
ISBN-13: 9780385529136
ISBN-10: 0385529139
Publication Date: 8/25/2009
Publisher: Doubleday
Hardcover
6 1/4 x 9 1/2 inches, 326 pages
A man arrives at an insane asylum in contemporary Spain claiming to be the legendary navigator Christopher Columbus. Who he really is, and the events that led him to break with reality, lie at the center of this captivating, romantic, and stunningly written novel. — Found in the treacherous Strait of Gibraltar, the mysterious man who calls himself Columbus appears to be just another delirious mental patient, until he begins to tell the ?true? story of how he famously obtained three ships from Spanish royalty.
It's Nurse Consuela who listens to these fantastical tales of adventure and romance, and tries desperately to make sense of why this seemingly intelligent man has been locked up, and why no one has come to visit. As splintered fragments of the man beneath the fa?ade reveal a charming yet guarded individual, Nurse… Read More
